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Law Can Make It Respectable!
Deadwood's third season was its last!
On May 13, 2006, HBO confirmed that it
will not pick up the options of the actors, which expired on June 11,
2006.
Though a major campaign was launched by
viewers as soon as the first news of non-renewal hit the airwaves, HBO
has made its final decision.
In the meantime, HBO and the creator of
the
Deadwood series, David Milch, have agreed to two 2-hour movies
that will replace the fourth season.
While the ending of Deadwood will be a
sad state of affairs for this household, and I can't imagine
Seth
Bullock being anyone other than
Timothy
Olyphant,
Al
Swearengen played
by someone other than Ian McShane, and so on, the series
has already lasted almost as long as the
"real"
Deadwood gold rush.
So, we enjoy while we can, buy the
videos, and hope that HBO or someone else comes up with something just
as good.
After all, there are all kinds of tales
yet to be told about the
Old
West .
Shoot, the best idea would be to have a
sequel - which would be mighty easy if they [HBO] (or someone else)
would move on to the
Leadville,
Colorado
mining rush. Back in those days, people, and especially miners, were
extremely transient, and it was no exception in
Deadwood.
When the
Leadville strike was made, hundred of miners quickly fled
Deadwood
for new potential in
Leadville.
And,
Leadville had all the flair, flamboyance, and violence as did
Deadwood.
Complete with the rags to riches fortune of the
Tabors,
Doc
Holliday as a resident, an ex- Tombstone
character or two trying to shake up new gunfights, many of those same
Deadwood
characters were there as well, including
Charlie
Utter,
Con
Stapleton,
Billy Nuttall, and
Jack Langrishe. Here's a catchy title -
Deadville to Leadville!
Then, there's always other gold rushes,
such as the Comstock Lode in
Nevada ,
the
California 49ers, or the Klondyke gold rush in Alaska.
Or, yet another tale situated in
Tombstone
or Dodge
City; or the many stories of misery, death, destruction, and
cuss words found along the trails of America's westward expansion.
HBO has already proven that there is
most definitely a profitable audience for the many tales of the
Old
West .
Someone will do it! And, we will
wait, with bated breath.
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